On Nov. 6th, 2013, the launching ceremony of the program of the Chinese Painters visiting Ecuador was held in the CPAFFC. Vice President Xie Yuan of the CPAFFC, H.E. Mr. Jose Borja, the ambassador to China of Ecuador and six well-known painters from Hunan Province were present at the ceremony.
Vice President Xi Yuan said in his address, China and Ecuador was far from each other, but the two countries had long history of friendship. These excellent painters visiting Ecuador had very high artistic attainments. He Believed this visit of the Chinese painters would give an impetus to publicity of Ecuador, as well as strengthening the art exchanges between the two countries, furthering mutual understanding and creating friendship.
The CPAFFC and the Ecuador Embassy in China have started to cooperate on the program of Chinese painters visiting Ecuador since 2011. It has revealed the natural and cultural landscape of Ecuador with traditional Chinese paintings. Exhibitions of these paintings were staged in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, which achieved great success.
As the second phase of the program, the delegation of the Chinese painters is going to visit Quito, Galapagos Islands, Manta and Guayaquil. The exhibitions will be held in Beijing and Hunan in March and April, next year.
At the launching ceremony, on behalf of the CPAFFC and Ecuador Embassy in China respectively, Vice President Xie Yuan and Ambassador Borja signed the cooperation Memo of the second phase of Paintings of Ecuador.
